Welshman throws away fortune in Bitcoins

Have you ever accidentally thrown out something of value to you? A family portrait, perhaps, or the only remote controller that can operate the decade-old television set in your spare bedroom?An IT worker from Newport, south Wales, binned an old hard drive during the summer, only to remember last week that he had stored a "digital wallet" of 7,500 Bitcoins - an increasingly popular virtual currency - upon it.